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ISIL Finance Chief Captured in Somalia Last week, the US captured ISIL-Somalia’s finance chief Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, along with two others.

🚨🗞Coming out Tuesday: our analysis of what the capture of an ISIL Somalia finance official means for the group in Somalia and the broader network. Subscribe so you don't miss it!

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Long Beach Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Charging Him with Sending a Dozen Payments to Suspected ISIS Terrorists A Long Beach man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he sent a dozen payments to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

This is very 2015. "According to Western Union records, Villanueva then sent 12 payments totaling $1,615 during a five-month period to two intermediaries who accessed the money overseas."

www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr...

Financing Terrorism throughout Africa: ISIL Somalia and the Al-Karrar Office Group Profile

Big news this week for ISIL Somalia with the capture of their finance leader by US forces. We'll have analysis on what this means next week, but for now, have a read of how the group finances its activities, terrorism, and the broader ISIL network:

newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/financing-...

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Record number of over-60s are being referred to anti-terrorism scheme Home Office figures show 127 adults in their 60s or beyond were put on Prevent's radar in 2023/24 - the most since records began in 2016. Of them, 43 had expressed 'extreme right wing' views.

"Home Office figures show 127 adults in their 60s or beyond were put on Prevent's radar in 2023/24 - the most since records began in 2016. "

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Left-wing ‘Angry Birds’ group claims responsibility for German train sabotage ‘Many things would be infinitely better without the industrial system’, extremist environmental group say

"the group wished to distance itself from moderate environmental activists, whom it accused of not being fully devoted to the cause."

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

North Korea sent me abroad to be a secret IT worker. My wages funded the regime In a rare interview, a former North Korean IT worker reveals the secret scheme raising funds for Kim Jong Un’s regime.

"85% of what he earned was sent back to fund the regime. Cash-strapped North Korea has been under international sanctions for years."

www.bbc.com/news/article...

If I’m going to spend time and money migrating content off substack, I’m not migrating it to someone else’s platform. Burned once, twice shy.

I spent a lot of time getting this set up so I expect those of you who have given me shit about using Substack to at least like this post ;)

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Foreign spies are targeting defence employees working on Aukus, Asio boss reveals Public servants and private contractors with access to sensitive national security information are making it easy for spies, including by posting on LinkedIn, Mike Burgess will say in a speech

Every time I see a social media post from someone declaring that they have a security clearance I roll my eyes. These are not serious people and are not security or intelligence experts. But they are definitely targets.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Jihadists lose tax breaks for radicalising Australians after Four Corners probe An organisation run by Sydney jihadist spiritual leader Wisam Haddad has been stripped of its charity status after a Four Corners investigation revealed it was radicalising young Australians while rec...

"Dawah Van was a revival of a Sydney street-preaching group, Street Dawah, which was identified by multiple courts to have recruited young Australians into terrorism more than a decade ago."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Very much worth your time.

One year later: Hamas financing after October 7th Hello Insight Monitor subscribers, and welcome to a special edition of our newsletter, released on the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.

From the Insight Monitor archives, here's a look at how Hamas is financing its activity in a post-October 7th world:

newsletter.insightthreatintel.com/p/one-year-l...

I support this:
-no, it doesn't reward terrorism; to the contrary it aims to boost the Palestinian Authority against Hamas
-but on its own, it's true it leads nowhere. It works only as part of a broader strategy to revive the peace process (which at best will be incredibly hard)

YouTube video by CBC News Canada intends to recognize Palestinian statehood. Here’s what that could mean | Hanomansing Tonight

My interview with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social on CBC tonight: Canada will recognize the Palestinian state in the fall if the Palestinian Authority commits to certain reforms. Why now? What are the consequences? What should be the next steps? (starting at 5 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Os-...

Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

Palestine Action have won their bid for a full legal challenge against the British government's decision to ban it as a terrorist group

The High Court ruled that an internal Home Office process was "not suitable", partly because "many people now subject to criminal proceedings" linked to the ban

Extremist influencers ‘weaponizing femininity,’ warns Canadian intelligence report - National | Globalnews.ca Government threat agency says extremist are embedding hardline ideology in everything from home finance videos to 'mommy blogs.'

Really glad to see @evianeleidig.com 's comments in this important article on weaponized femininity and extremism:

globalnews.ca/news/1130910...